ITR Filing - NEW "TAXPAYER FRIENDLY" e-filing portal to be launched on 7 June; See Features here

A new taxpayer-friendly e-filing portal of the Income Tax Department will be launched on June 7. The website will offer a lot of new features to the taxpayers of the country.

The Ministry of Finance on Saturday informed about the new features in the portal like interactive software that will help users in filing Income Tax Returns (ITR) preparation and a call centre for taxpayer assistance.

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"The Income Tax Department is launching its new e-filing portal www.incometax.gov.in on June 7 aimed at providing taxpayer convenience and a modern, seamless experience to taxpayers," an official statement said. 

The new features in the portal include: 

1. New taxpayer friendly portal integrated with immediate processing of Income Tax Returns (ITRs) to issue quick refunds to taxpayers.

2. All interactions and uploads or pending actions will be displayed on a single dashboard for follow-up action by taxpayer.

3. Free of cost ITR preparation software available with interactive questions to help taxpayers for ITRs 1, 4 (online and offline) and ITR 2 (offline) to begin with; Facility for preparation of ITRs 3, 5, 6, 7 will be made available shortly.

4. Taxpayers will be able to proactively update their profile to provide certain details of income including salary, house property, business/profession which will be used in pre-filling their ITR. Detailed enablement of pre-filling with salary income, interest, dividend and capital gains will be available after TDS and SFT statements are uploaded (due date is June 30th, 2021).

5. New call center for taxpayer assistance for promt response to taxpayer queries. Detailed FAQs, User Manuals, Videos and chatbot/live agent also provided.

6. Functionalities for filing Income Tax Forms, Add tax professionals, Submit responses to Notices in Faceless Scrutiny or Appeals would be available.

The Ministry also clarified that the new tax payment system will be launched on June 18 after the advance tax installment date to avoid any taxpayer inconvenience and further added that the mobile app will also be released subsequent to the initial launch of the portal, to enable taxpayers to get familiar with the various features.